Incredible story of the 19th century french socialite who vanished for 25 years.
Paris socialite locked in attic.
Loving the wrong man was a serious business in the past as the disturbing story of a young french woman who was secretly locked up in a small room for 25 years shows.
Only to be discovered locked in her mother s attic because of her scandalous sex life blanche monnier fell in love.
The french socialite who was locked in her attic for 25 years following a thwarted love.
1 march 1849 13 october 1913 often known in france as la séquestrée de poitiers roughly the confined woman of poitiers was a woman from poitiers vienne france who was secretly kept locked in a small room by her aristocratic mother for 25 years she was eventually found by police then middle aged and in an emaciated and.
Blanche monnier french pronunciation.